**Mandatory Picture Credit** PIC FROM NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, STOCKHOLM / CATERS - (Pictured: Workout machine, created by Dr. Gustav Zander) - There may be an influx of gym-goers this January, but these incredible photographs show the desire for movement started as early as the VICTORIAN age. The black and white photographs feature the creations of Dr. Gustav Zander, the man many have credited with inventing the exercise machine in its recognisable form. Each shot shows Dr. Zanders machines aiding workouts for different parts of the body - much like the mechanised trainers in a modern-day gym. The photographs were taken in 1892 and are now kept by Stockholms National Museum of Science and Technology. - SEE CATERS COPY

**Mandatory Picture Credit** PIC FROM NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, STOCKHOLM / CATERS - (Pictured: Workout machine, created by Dr. Gustav Zander) - There may be an influx of gym-goers this January, but these incredible photographs show the desire for movement started as early as the VICTORIAN age. The black and white photographs feature the creations of Dr. Gustav Zander, the man many have credited with inventing the exercise machine in its recognisable form. Each shot shows Dr. Zanders machines aiding workouts for different parts of the body - much like the mechanised trainers in a modern-day gym. The photographs were taken in 1892 and are now kept by Stockholms National Museum of Science and Technology. - SEE CATERS COPY

**Mandatory Picture Credit** PIC FROM NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, STOCKHOLM / CATERS - (Pictured: Workout machine, created by Dr. Gustav Zander) - There may be an influx of gym-goers this January, but these incredible photographs show the desire for movement started as early as the VICTORIAN age. The black and white photographs feature the creations of Dr. Gustav Zander, the man many have credited with inventing the exercise machine in its recognisable form. Each shot shows Dr. Zanders machines aiding workouts for different parts of the body - much like the mechanised trainers in a modern-day gym. The photographs were taken in 1892 and are now kept by Stockholms National Museum of Science and Technology. - SEE CATERS COPY

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**Mandatory Picture Credit** PIC FROM NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, STOCKHOLM / CATERS - (Pictured: Workout machine, created by Dr. Gustav Zander) - There may be an influx of gym-goers this January, but these incredible photographs show the desire for movement started as early as the VICTORIAN age. The black and white photographs feature the creations of Dr. Gustav Zander, the man many have credited with inventing the exercise machine in its recognisable form. Each shot shows Dr. Zanders machines aiding workouts for different parts of the body - much like the mechanised trainers in a modern-day gym. The photographs were taken in 1892 and are now kept by Stockholms National Museum of Science and Technology. - SEE CATERS COPY

What Exercise Machines Looked Like in the Victorian Era

People have been health-conscious for centuries, and these black-and-white photographs from the Victorian Era prove it. The “mechanotherapy” machines were invented by Dr. Gustav Zander, a Swedish orthopedist.